Wagon-tongue.



C. S. JOHNSTON. WAGON TONGUE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- l. I914. RENEWED AUG. 7,1915.

1,175,956. I Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Witnesses twee ama s earner amen CLARENCE s. JOHNSTON, OF GLENDIVE,MONTANA. I

WAGON-TONGUE.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

App1ication filed September 1, 1914, Serial No. 859,680. Renewed August7', 1915. Serial No. 44,288.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. JOHN- STON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Glendive, in the county of Dawson and State ofMontana, have invented a new and useful lVagon-Tongue, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in wagon tongues, oneobject of the present invention, being the provision of a tongue, thehounds of whichare adjustably attached thereto so that the rear rigidends may be moved to and from each other, and thus render the spacingthereof adjustable, the forward connecting ends being resilient membersto permit of the proper separation or movement of the hound membersrelatively to each other.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangment of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rear end of thetongue equipped with the present hounds. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable membersshowing the detailed construction thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the tongue, whoserear end upon the upper face is reinforced by the metal plate 2 which isattached thereto in any desirable manner. Secured to the sides of thetongue by means of the bolt 3 are the forward ends of the two resilientmetal plates 4 and 4, the rear ends of which are connected to and carrythe angle irons of rigid plates 5 and 5' which constitute the adjustablemembers of the hounds. Attached to the flange 6 of each member 5 and 5'whose forward end is cut at an acute angle as at 7 while the rear end iscut at an obtuse angle asat 8, by means of the bolts 99' and l010, arethe adjustable attaching arms 1111 and 1212', respectively. These armsare attached to have their slotted portions l313 and 1 l14:' overlap inclamping relation to each other, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

Adapted to surround the inner ends of the tongue 1 to clamp the beforementioned slotted members in adjusted relation and upon the wearingplate 2, as illustrated in Fig. 1, are the two members 16 and 18, havingthe straddling portions or terminals 15 and'15, and 17 and 17, forentering the slots of such ends to clamp the same with the nuts as thereillustrated. Thus the respective slotted plates 13 and 13' may belongitudinally adjusted relative to each other and thus produce thenecessary adjustment of the hound members 5 and 5 relative to theadjacent portion of the tongue 1. By emthe arms 1111, 12 and 12 may beattached with a single rivet instead of the bolts.

What is claimed is: 1. A wagon tongue, including a tongue proper, tworigid hound members, two resilient plates, one attached to the forwardend of each hound member, means for attaching the forward end of suchresilient plates to opposite sides of the tongue, a plui'ality ofadjustable arms carried by each hound member for cooperation, and meansfor adjustably attaching the cooperating portions to the tongue, saidhound members being L-shaped in cross section and the resilient membersbeing attached to one flange thereof and extending the full lengththereof.

2. A wagon tongue, including a tongue proper, two rigid hound members,two resilient plates having their forward ends attached to oppositesides of the tongue intermediate of its ends while the rear ends arefixedly attached to the forward ends of the hounds, the combined lengthof one plate and one hound placing the rear end of the hound adjacentthe rear end of the tongue at one side thereof. two arms carried by eachhound and projecting toward and upon one side of the tongue, theportions thereof adjacent the tongue being longitudinally slotted, theends of the arms of the opposite hounds being disposed in overlappingrelaother and the tongue.

In testimony that I clairn the foregoing as my own,' 'I' have heretoaffixed my Signation upon one side of the tongue, and two U-shaped boltsfitting astride of the tongue, the terminals of said U-shaped boltsbeing turein the presence of tWO'WitTlQSSQS. I disposed through theslotted portions of the V CLAREN JOHNSTON.

5 cooperating armsof the hounds to rigidly 1 WVitnesses: v V

securethe arms in adjusted relation to. each, 7 r M. J. HUGHES,

, F. H.-RAVET.

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